Orthopaedic Injuries

Personal Injury Lawyer Representing North Carolina's Injured

Orthopaedic injuries affect your joints, muscles, and nerves, and have
wide-ranging effects on your daily life. These effects can last a few
days or a lifetime. If you have suffered an orthopedic injury because
of someone else’s negligence, you need an attorney who can tap into
an extensive network of medical experts to support your claim.

Types of Orthopaedic Injuries & Their Causes

Orthopedic damage can range from a minor muscle strain to degenerative
joint conditions. Your compensation in a personal injury claim for an
orthopedic injury will depend in part on the type of injury you suffered.

Orthopaedic injuries include:

Sprains and strains — Hyperextending muscles results in severe pain and limited mobility. While
these injuries tend to heal, they often affect your ability to work.

Fractures —Sudden impacts from
tractor-trailer and
car accidents, can result in broken bones and stress fractures. These often require
surgery, take weeks to heal, hinder your mobility and can sometimes result
in permanent impairment or disability.

Joint damage and nerve pressure — Pain in your joints limits your mobility, especially in the ankle or wrist,
as in carpal tunnel syndrome. Ultrasound, laser therapies or surgery may
be required to reduce inflammation.

Spinal damage — Motor vehicle collisions can cause damage to your back or spinal cord,
leaving you in chronic pain or even paralyzed.

An Injured Spine Can Be Devastating

Car accidents, workplace injuries or even a simple slip and fall can result
in serious back injuries such as a herniated spinal disc. When you suffer
from a herniated disc, your entire back hurts.

The discs in your spinal cord serve as cushions between your vertebrae.
A spinal disc herniation is a tear in part of a disc, which allows some
of the disc to bulge out. Any trauma to the back can injure a disc, particularly
in automobile, truck, motorcycle and bicycle accidents. Once a disc is
compromised, you may feel pain from compression of the spinal nerves and
suffer limited function of your back.

Joint & Muscle Pain Can Be Permanent

Damage to joints, bones, and muscles can severely limit your work and your
life. Tasks that once were easy can become impossible. Chronic pain harms
your attitude, relationships, and ability to work.

Symptoms of orthopaedic trauma may not become apparent for days. When you
do notice them, it is important to seek treatment as soon as possible.
Not only will this improve your prognosis, but it also makes it easier
to determine the cause of your injury.

Call Don Strickland to Recover Damages for Your Suffering

Orthopaedic injuries from tractor-trailer and car accidents can leave you
disabled and in constant pain. If someone else’s negligence caused
your disability, pain and suffering, you deserve to be compensated. Don
Strickland works to recover the compensation to which you are entitled
under the law.

Call (919) 701-8132 or
contact Don online to set up an appointment for a consultation. You pay nothing unless you
receive compensation.

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